Primary Workshop Leaders
David McConnell PhD, University of Alberta, Canada; Gwynnyth Llewellyn PhD, University of Sydney, Australia; Robyn Mildon PhD, Parenting Research Centre, Australia; Hanna Bjorg Sigurjonsdottir PhD, University of Iceland, Iceland; Bernadette Irwin, Kennedy Krieger Institute USA; Susan Jones, United Arc, USA; Lydia Springer, SUF Kunskapscentrum Slottsgränd, Sweden; & Marjorie Aunos PhD, West Montreal Readaptation Centre, Canada (6.0 hours – cost US $70 prior to May 20; US $80 afterwards)
Course Description
This two part (morning and afternoon) interactive workshop will be delivered by a multi-national group of researchers and expert-practitioners working in the field of parents and parenting with intellectual disabilities. The focus of this workshop is on knowledge exchange and implementation: utilizing knowledge from research to improve outcomes for parents with intellectual disabilities and their children. Participants will hear about the current state of knowledge and latest research in the field, and contribute to a discussion of gaps between research and practice. Participants will then learn about breakthrough ‘knowledge exchange and implementation’ initiatives in North America, Europe and Australia. Common obstacles to the spread and implementation of knowledge will be identified, and promising strategies for promoting best practices will be discussed.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the gap between research and practice in the field of parents with intellectual disabilities.
- Relate to initiatives in North America, Europe and Australia that close the gap between research and practice, and build systems capacity to support parents with intellectual disabilities and their children.
- Understand strategies and tools for assessing practitioner, agency and systems capacity (e.g., assets/resources, limitations/gaps) for supporting parents with intellectual disabilities and their children.
- Relate to practical strategies and resources for promoting knowledge exchange and implementation at the level of the practitioner, agency and human service system.
- Explore directions for future research
Workshop Leaders
David McConnell, PhD is a Professor in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Alberta, in Calgary, Alberta Canada.
Gwynnyth Llewellyn, PhD. Is Professor and Dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Sydney, in Sydney, NSW Australia.
Robyn Mildon, PhD, is the Director of Knowledge Exchange and Implementation, Parenting Research Centre, in Victoria, Australia.
Hanna Bjorg Sigurjonsdottir, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik, Iceland.
Bernadette Irwin is the Co-Director of the Association for Successful Parenting (TASP) at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland USA.
Susan Jones is the Co-Director of the Association for Successful Parenting (TASP) at the United Arc of Franklin and Hampshire Counties, in Greenfield, Massachusetts USA.
Lydia Springer is Leg. Psykolog at the SUF Kunskapscentrum Slottsgränd in Uppsala, Sweden.
Marjorie Aunos, PhD is the Coordonatrice des Services Ultraspécialisés, in the Psychologue, Chercheure-Clinicienne, at the West Montreal Readaptation Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
